I dunno, a lotta devs have bought into the AI hype train it seems.
this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2025
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No it just takes a different approach
I've always assumed the more a brand needs to advertise, the shittier their product is. It's a rule that holds most accurately to alcohol brands. (Bottom shelf plastic handles of liquor being the exception.)
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But I'm a nerd and marketing works on me...
I hate to admit how much FOMO works on me. I'm glad I got a switch 2 to play BOTW again... Of course I have cemu, but I need to buy this other bullshit for some reason. Fuck Nintendo. What were we talking about again?
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This is also true for other people.
Marketing doesn't target nerds. It targets their boss who is likely to enforce usage of the tool.
Ahem…. Star Wars.
"hype-reactive"
Not all software developers are Nerds, and if this was true we wouldn't be programming in yet another spin of JavaScript that another language solved 20 years ago or tied to stacks because the 90s senior knows the dell guy.
Warum sieht er aus wie kalkofen?